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New Signal: CH Art Deco

Postby SignalFreak on Tue Mar 12, 2013 6:36 pm

After 2 years of heaming and hawing, I finally owned up and got me an Art Deco! I love the look of these older lights, that's an age long gone.

I gotta admit I'm a bit thick on the various models, but this one has cast visors. Anyone help me with identifying the exact model?

I'm thinking I'm going to have her professionally blasted and powder-coated, as the paint job has seen better days. Having never gone that route before, is black under the visors even an option? If it is, I'm curious as to what the group thinks of "common" black under-visors or entirely yellow for something like this?

I'm not a huge fan of the cloth wiring, but I may not have a choice there.

The lenses are in a bucket of Clorox, giving that trick a go. I have one red smiley and 2 non-smiley lenses. Pictures coming after they are clean (I rushed into it and didn't get a before pic, oops). :Phil:

Going to document the progress on this project in this thread.

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Re: New Signal: CH Art Deco

Postby notMUTCDcompliant on Tue Mar 12, 2013 6:39 pm

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Re: New Signal: CH Art Deco

Postby SignalFreak on Tue Mar 12, 2013 6:47 pm

notMUTCDcompliant wrote::good:


Oh man, how rude of me! Thanks to Matt for this awesome light!
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Re: New Signal: CH Art Deco

Postby notMUTCDcompliant on Tue Mar 12, 2013 6:49 pm

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Re: New Signal: CH Art Deco

Postby khardy on Tue Mar 12, 2013 6:51 pm

Hi Josh,

We recently finished renovating a CH "DT" single faced light similar to yours. Noticed the reflector brackets are the same as for our CH "D" four-way light. So I assume your light is the "D" type. I am still not exactly clear on the manufacture dates but beleive your light is pre-1952. Someone here will correct me if I am wrong.

You have a nice light and we look forward to the photos of your project.

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Re: New Signal: CH Art Deco

Postby mnence1 on Tue Mar 12, 2013 6:51 pm

Very nice type D art deco! It will be a very nice looking signal once restored I'm sure.

Would love to have one myself, but I suppose a bunch of DT's will have to do.
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Re: New Signal: CH Art Deco

Postby pyth on Tue Mar 12, 2013 9:06 pm

I'm almost certain Art Decos were made before the whole black-under-the-visor transition, so I would keep the visors one color for historical accuracy. Cool grab!
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Re: New Signal: CH Art Deco

Postby vaughn on Tue Mar 12, 2013 9:33 pm

Score on that one. I'd say you have a type D on your hands. I was so in a rush to get my CH restored I never got pics until after she was blasted and I still didn't get enough pics.
I remember a thread not to long ago about Blacked out visors on CH's. I think Pyth is right about CH pre dating the blacked out thing but I can't remember why they started doing it to begin with :scratch:
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Re: New Signal: CH Art Deco

Postby mcha9797 on Tue Mar 12, 2013 11:14 pm

Looks like a "D" to me. :thumbsup:

I was told that black under the visors started in the 60's. Your light pre dates that era, so depending on how original you want to restore the signal, the decision is yours.

Here's a pic of my "D" that was repainted close to the original color, without black under the visors. Just an option you can toss around.

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Re: New Signal: CH Art Deco

Postby Crunge98 on Wed Mar 13, 2013 8:16 am

That is a type D you have there. It would of been all green with no black under the visors. Earlier D's had a tag on the bottom. Type D was from 1936-50. That one you have was span wire mounted. The smiley you have should have 2 bump outs on it for the lense tabs unless it is an earlier one it would have indents. and if it was real early Large Beads!
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